DISTILLERY Glendronach

ALCOHOL 46%

REGION Highlands

COLOR Dark amber

NOSE Dark chocolate, treacle

PALATE Dark cocoa, cinnamon, berries.

FINISH Pleasant, flavoursome, warm and mild.

SCORE

  91 out of 100

NOTES Have you heard of Glendronach?  Because I sure haven’t.  Well not until a friend of mine Mitchell gave me this sweet, sweet dram for my birthday earlier this year.  It’s quite striking in its appearance – the label is an impressive looking navy blue with gold trim and the contents are darker than your average Highland malt thanks to its sherry cask.

A bit of research on the distillery tells me its origins are from a town north of Aberdeen and it was founded in 1826 which makes it one of the newer faces to the scene.

I love this whisky and considering I have never come across it before in Australia or ever since I got it, I drink it sparingly and am stingy in sharing it with guests.  You’ll just have to find it for yourself or take me at my word when I say its an incredible drop.